Hey gang, went to prospect some new Permian beds which are capped by lower pleistocene material. Nice surprise to see a mastodon jaw peeking out. Pretty worn but possible the other side of the jaw is underneath. Femur and vertebrae nearby. Keeping my fingers crossed. Will head back out in a few weeks.

Hey gang, here is a sneak peak at part of a new exhibit im installing at the museum. These are all Diadectes vertebrae that I finally have prepped. The width rib to rib of the largest caudal vertebrae at top left is about 7 inches. Lower Permian dectids had an absolutely massive tail with incredible muscle mass. Such a cool guy. Its amazing how much difference there is in his vertebrae from cervical to thoracic to lumbar etc...

Heres a really wonderfully scary maxilla from a Dimetrodon grandis from a few days ago. Maxillary fang is killer... This one is nicknamed Annie. She's an isolated specimen. This is one maxillae of 6 were working on, the rest in the field currently.

Hi everyone- quick post of a massive Dimetrodon post canine. The root is attached which is really nice. Have a large ddon skull nearby with an empty socket that this may go to. size is 3 inches. Still have a little bit of matrix to remove.

Hey gang heres another beautiful specimen from this week- wonderful sub adult ddon humerus. Really great bone to show the incredible musculature these guys had on their limbs. very strong animals. Planning on attempting to finish up plastering a block tomorro that contains 3 ddon maxillae and 2 lower jaws, all of which appear to be separate individuals of varied age.
cheers
chris.
and JP i promise not to bleed on any bones tomorro.

Hi gang, got out today and spent some time in the bone bed and found some wonderful material including this nice young Dimetrodon fin spine. The day was topped by two left ddon maxillae with very nice chompers- different species as well.

Got out to the site this morning for a few hours and found this really beautiful young Ddon clavicle. Magnificent preservation and pre prepped by the wonderfully dense clays. One of my guys found another clavicle twice as large. will post some more site photos soon.
cheers
chris

hi gang, just needed to take advantage of the cool front... 90 instead of 100. plus the rains always produce some nice washout material. Had to hike in a mile because of the muddy roads. This is a beautiful shed maxillary fang from a good size ddon. We were lucky enough to find both parts of the tooth within a meter of each other. Good day.

how adorable are these femora?! The longer of the two is a varanosaur and the other is a bit of a mystery. I suspect its a baby Secodontosaurus with the short shaft and immature ossification. Age is lower Permian.

Hey gang, here's a quick shot from the site- one of my team mates found this monster Dimetrodon maxillary fang. Needless to say it's the largest she's found and ranks up there with largest in the research collection. Beaitiful serrations and complete resorption pit. Would have been from a pretty healthy size Dimetrodon of 12 to 15 feet.

Hey gang, see how many verts you can find. Notice the neural spines that make up the fin. Came across this cluster as I was taking the hill back to get some fresh soil samples and do more work on the stratigraphic portion of the research. Well, and so we could find more bones of course... this is dimetrodon number 6 in an area that is roughly 20 feet by 10 feet... wowzers.

Hey gang it's been so long since I've posted. I've been digging like crazy at my Permian sites all year. Have 4 very good articulated Dimetrodons as well as some other guys that are completely new. I added 2 pics- one of a great Ddon femur and the other an ulna. Enjoy! Back to digging in 7 hours or so...